ML102810691

Notification NRC Inital Operator Licensing Examination 05000397/2011301

ML102810691
Person / Time
Site:	Columbia
Issue date:	10/04/2010
From:	Mark Haire Operations Branch IV
To:	Reddemann M Energy Northwest
References
50-397/11-301
Download: ML102810691 (5)

See also: IR 05000397/2011301

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UNITED STATES

NUC LE AR RE G ULATO RY C O M M I S S I O N

R E GI ON I V

612 EAST LAMAR BLVD , SU I TE 400

AR LI N GTON , TEXAS 76011-4125

October 4, 2010

Mr. Mark E. Reddemann

Chief, Executive Officer

Energy Northwest

P.O. Box 968 (Mail Drop 1023)

Richland, WA 99352-0968

SUBJECT: COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL

OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000397/2011301

Dear Mr. Reddemann:

In a telephone conversation on July 14, 2010, between Messrs. Ron Hayden, Senior Training

Instructor, and Steve Garchow, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration

of licensing examinations at Columbia Generating Station during the weeks of April 25 and

May 2, 2011.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examinations based on

the guidelines in NUREG-1021, Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power

Reactors, Revision 9, Supplement 1, and NUREG-1123, Knowledge and Abilities Catalog for

Nuclear Power Plant Operators, Revision 2, Supplement 1. The NRCs regional office will

discuss with your staff any changes that might be necessary before the examinations are

administered.

To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the examination

outlines by November 1, 2010. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting

reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by March 4, 2011.

Pursuant to Title 10, Section 55.40(b)(3), of the Code of Federal Regulations

(10 CFR 55.40(b)(3), an authorized representative of the facility licensee shall approve the

outlines, examinations, and tests before they are submitted to the NRC for review and approval.

All materials shall be complete and ready-to-use. We request that any personal, proprietary,

sensitive unclassified, or safeguards information in your response be contained in a separate

enclosure and appropriately marked. Any delay in receiving the required examinations and

reference materials, or the submittal of inadequate or incomplete materials, may cause the

examinations to be rescheduled. In addition, your support for on-site validation of the

examinations is required during the week of March 21, 2011.

In order to conduct the requested written examinations and operating tests, it will be necessary

for your staff to provide adequate space and accommodations in accordance with ES-402, and

to make the simulation facility available on the dates noted above. In accordance with ES-302,

your staff should retain the original simulator performance data (e.g., system pressures,

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temperatures, and levels) generated during the dynamic operating tests until the examination

results are final.

Appendix E to NUREG-1021 contains a number of NRC policies and guidelines that will be in

effect while the written examinations and operating tests are being administered.

To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit preliminary operator and

senior operator license applications (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval number

3150-0090), medical certifications (OMB approval number 3150-0024), and waiver requests

(if any)(OMB approval number 3150-0090) at least 30 days before the first examination date. If

the applications are not received at least 30 days before the examination date, a postponement

may be necessary. Signed applications certifying that all training has been completed should

be submitted at least 14 days before the first examination date.

This letter contains information collections that are subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). These information collections were approved by OMB, under

approval number 3150-0018, which expires on February 28, 2013. The public reporting burden

for this collection of information is estimated to average 50 hours5.787037e-4 days <br />0.0139 hours <br />8.267196e-5 weeks <br />1.9025e-5 months <br /> per response, including the

time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and

reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any

other aspect of these information collections, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to

the Records and FOIA/Privacy Services Branch (T-5 F52), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by Internet electronic mail to

INFOCOLLECTS@NRC.GOV.

The NRC may neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, an

information collection, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its

enclosures will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRCs Public Document

Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRCs Agency-wide

Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the

electronic Reading Room page of the NRCs public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-

rm/adams.html.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Hayden has been advised of the policies and

guidelines referenced in this letter. If you have any questions regarding the NRCs examination

procedures and guidelines, please contact Mr. Garchow at 817-276-4426 or myself at 817-860-

8159.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Mark S. Haire, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Energy Northwest -3-

Docket: 50-397

License: NPF-21

DISTRIBUTION:

Chairman

Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council

P.O. Box 43172

Olympia, WA 98504-3172

Douglas W. Coleman

Manager, Regulatory Programs

Energy Northwest

P.O. Box 968, Mail Drop PE20

Richland, WA 99352-0968

Chairman

Benton County Board of Commissioners

P.O. Box 190

Prosser, WA 99350-0190

Richard Cowley

Washington State Department of Health

111 Israel Road, SE

Tumwater, WA 98504-7827

William A. Horin, Esq

Winston and Strawn

1700 K Street, NW

Washington, DC 20006-3817

Lynn Albin

Washington State Department of Health

P.O. Box 7827

Olympia, WA 98504-7827

Ken Niles

Assistant Director

Nuclear Safety and Energy Siting Division

Oregon Department of Energy

625 Marion Street NE

Salem, OR 97301-3737

Special Hazards Program Manager

Washington Emergency Management Division

127 W. Clark Street

Pasco, WA 99301

Energy Northwest -4-

Chief, Technological Hazards Branch

FEMA Region X

Federal Regional Center

130 228th Street, SW

Bothell, WA 98021-9796

Energy Northwest -5-

Electronic distribution by RIV:

Regional Administrator (Elmo.Collins@nrc.gov)

Deputy Regional Administrator (Chuck.Casto@nrc.gov)

DRP Director (Kriss.Kennedy@nrc.gov)

DRP Deputy Director (Anton.Vegel@nrc.gov)

DRS Director (Roy.Caniano@nrc.gov)

DRS Deputy Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov)

Senior Resident Inspector (Ronald.Cohen@nrc.gov)

Resident Inspector (Mahdi.Hayes@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRP/A (Wayne.Walker@nrc.gov)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/A (David.Proulx@nrc.gov)

Project Engineer, DRP/A (Nick.Hernandez@nrc.gov)

Project Engineer, DRP/A (Laura.Micewski@nrc.gov)

Columbia Administrative Assistant (Crystal.Myers@nrc.gov)

Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov)

Public Affairs Officer (Lara.Uselding@nrc.gov)

Project Manager (Fred.Lyon@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRS/TSB (Michael.Hay@nrc.gov)

RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov)

Regional Counsel (Karla.Fuller@nrc.gov)

Congressional Affairs Officer (Jenny.Weil@nrc.gov)

OEMail Resource

OEDO RIV Coordinator (Margie.Kotzalas@nrc.gov)

File located:

SUNSI Rev Compl. x Yes No ADAMS x Yes No Reviewer Initials SMG

Publicly Avail x Yes No Sensitive Yes x No Sens. Type Initials SMG

SOE:OB C:OB

SMGarchow MSHaire

/RA/ /RA/

9/27/10 10/4/10

OFFICIAL RECORD COPY T=Telephone E=E-mail F=Fax